Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20171227 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 13:58:45 +0000 (GMT) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, December 27, 2017 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 17:14 18:12 M.Bentz M.Bentz DIS 18:14 19:12 J.Cowan C.Sakari ECHELLE 19:17 02:10 K.Schaufman K.Schaufman ECHELLE 02:10 06:36 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- AP01/R 17:14 18:14 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 NA02/R 18:14 19:14 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 OU06/R 19:14 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.2 6.7 0 0 JH02/R 02:10 06:56 0 0 0 0 4.8 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray gcam needed a restart Dataq needed a restart (the mac mini actually needed a hard reboot). Clouds were a pain in the butt at the beginning but cleared after midnight and we had decent seeing all night. --------------------- My goodness, I am exhausted tonight. :( All the coffee in the world isn't helping. Thusly, I gave up on my trig calculations (sorry Russet) and worked on the night log. Those who are fans of the Queen's opera might enjoy the following (or condemn me for blasphemy and wish death upon my two legs). *epic piano and guitar riffs* I suck my mug like a leech I drink the coffee and screech Burn my tongue till it hurts I've drunken all my mocha and I want more Misguided I duel With my emptying fuel With my narrow-slitted eyelids and I drool of my bed envisioned- Death on two legs I'm yawning me apart, Death on two legs Endeavor to just start without groans Kill joy, Bad guy, Big shining, clear sky You're just an old starry bowl And you're here just to toy and berate me, Please just tase me Cuz now I can kiss my sleep goodbye Low air, on this mountainside My fatigue is amplified Is my cosine alright? Yes, it's plagued me all night, Do I need food, need food? Eat like a big ginger raccoon, I want some hot cheese fondue, But Wayne did leave us some ham Let's make an overgrown po' boy And brew me some chai. Chick with degrees, Obs Spec here to make ease, Put the DIS'n where the south is Dr. Know all, This is your slit and last spin of-the-wheel...(start!) Death on two legs I'm yawning me apart, Death on two legs Endeavor to just start without groans Insane working a yuletide, So I vainly chat, decaying into faintness I slide Working on sinusoid, Not enough alkaloid Makes me sleep good, I'll sleep good! ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:15 APOLLO 525( 1488) 84 56 5.8 7.1 6.8 7.2 6.2 553 1.30 18:18 dcamera 485( 491) -30 48 4.8 5.8 6.1 5.7 5.0 -- 1.19 19:22 ecamera 373( -479) 0 29 5.5 5.3 5.8 5.3 5.6 Clear 1.47 00:31 ecamera 314( -622) 56 75 4.8 4.3 5.0 4.3 4.6 ND2 1.01 02:15 ecamera 347( -562) 183 41 5.2 4.5 4.9 4.6 5.4 Clear 0.98 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 43 1 8 14 (NNE) 159 mstly cldy none 17:00 42 -3 13 8 (N) 109 mstly cldy none 18:00 41 -5 11 8 (N) 70 mstly cldy none 19:00 39 -5 7 5 (N) 62 mstly cldy none 20:00 43 -3 10 356 (N) 20 mstly cldy none 21:00 43 -3 11 5 (N) 27 mstly cldy none 22:00 42 -3 6 20 (NNE) 37 mstly cldy none 23:00 42 -3 6 347 (NNW) 48 ptly cldy none 00:00 41 -4 11 353 (N) 64 mstly clr none 01:00 40 1 16 4 (N) 138 mstly clr none 02:00 41 1 14 24 (NNE) 151 mstly clr none 03:00 42 -2 4 6 (N) 112 mstly clr none 04:00 42 -2 6 347 (NNW) 81 mstly clr none 05:00 39 -4 12 4 (N) 72 clear none 06:00 40 -2 12 7 (N) 84 clear none Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed. The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 1.2.4 Current TUI version: 2.6.0